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How the Kim Kardashians of Yesteryear Helped Women Get the Vote
Now all but forgotten, a group of New York socialites was instrumental to the success of the suffrage movement.
by
Johanna Neuman
,
Helaine Olen
via
The Atlantic
on
December 12, 2017
Peggy Noonan’s Willful Blindness
Her latest column suggests that harassment is a product of the sexual revolution. She can’t possibly believe that.
by
Rebecca Onion
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Slate
on
December 1, 2017
I’m a Depression Historian. The GOP Tax Bill is Straight Out of 1929.
Republicans are again sprinting toward an economic cliff.
by
Robert S. McElvaine
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Washington Post
on
November 30, 2017
Trump Sounds Ignorant of History. But Racist Ideas Often Masquerade as Ignorance.
The White House's fumbling about slavery and the Civil War fits a long pattern in American politics.
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Ibram X. Kendi
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Washington Post
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November 13, 2017
I Grew Up as a Black Southerner Idolizing Robert E. Lee
I didn't know the Confederate general owned slaves. I didn't even know he was part of the Confederacy.
by
Issac J. Bailey
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Vice
on
November 2, 2017
Confronting the Legacy of the Civil War: The Forgotten Front
One thing united the warring factions of the civil war: the doctrine of white supremacy and violence against Indians.
by
George Black
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The Nation
on
October 26, 2017
partner
The Tireless Abolitionist Nobody Ever Heard of
He was a well-known figure in early America, but the name of Warner Mifflin has all but faded from the nation's memory.
by
Gary B. Nash
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HNN
on
October 24, 2017
Our Silent Civil War: Debate Over Statues Didn't Come out of Thin Air
In history, suppressed memories, stories half-told or lied about, carry greater power for having been suppressed.
by
Ed Ayers
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Salon
on
October 21, 2017
“Kicked About”: Native Culture at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello
Kristine K. Ronan describes her discovery of two Native American statues at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello.
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Kristine K. Ronan
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Panorama
on
October 14, 2017
Uncovering Hidden History on the Road to Clanton
Documentary filmmaker Lance Warren interrogates the silence around lynching in the American South.
by
Lance Warren
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Longreads
on
October 13, 2017
The Sanitizing of Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks
On the uses and abuses of civil rights heroes.
by
Jeanne Theoharis
,
Jeremy Scahill
via
The Intercept
on
October 8, 2017
Civil-Rights Protests Have Never Been Popular
Activists can’t persuade their contemporaries—they’re aiming at the next generation.
by
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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The Atlantic
on
October 3, 2017
The Descent of Democracy
While the U.S. has expanded its borders of inclusion over time, the borders of whiteness have never fallen. Only a robust black public sphere can change that.
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Khalil Gibran Muhammad
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Boston Review
on
September 20, 2017
Defenders Of Confederate Monuments Keep Trying To Erase History
Claims that the Confederacy didn't fight to uphold slavery are disputed by Confederate generals themselves.
by
Adam H. Domby
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HuffPost
on
September 15, 2017
A Requiem for Florida, the Paradise That Should Never Have Been
As Hurricane Irma prepares to strike, it’s worth remembering that Mother Nature never intended us to live here.
by
Michael Grunwald
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Politico Magazine
on
September 8, 2017
Making Sense of the Violence in Charlottesville
Was the white-nationalist march better understood as a departure from America’s traditional values, or viewed in the context of its history?
by
Elizabeth Klein
,
James Forman Jr.
via
The Atlantic
on
September 3, 2017
The "Quaker Comet" Was the Greatest Abolitionist You've Never Heard Of
Overlooked by historians, Benjamin Lay was one of the nation's first radicals to argue for an end to slavery.
by
Marcus Rediker
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Smithsonian
on
September 1, 2017
American Sphinx
Civil War monuments erased an emancipated Black population, but the Sphinx looked to an integrated Africa and America.
by
Colin Dickey
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Longreads
on
August 31, 2017
The Confederate General Who Was Erased
There's a reason you won't find many monuments in the South to one of Robert E. Lee's most able deputies.
by
Jane Dailey
via
HuffPost
on
August 21, 2017
Falling Out of Love with the Civil War
America's unconditional love of the Civil War has blinded us to its true meaning.
by
Sarah Handley-Cousins
via
Nursing Clio
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August 21, 2017
Tear Down the Confederates’ Symbols
The battle against the remnants of Confederate sentiment is a battle against both white supremacy and class rule.
by
Tyler Zimmer
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Jacobin
on
August 16, 2017
partner
Why We Need Confederate Monuments
They force us to remember the worst parts of our history.
by
Caroline E. Janney
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Made By History
on
July 27, 2017
partner
Why the Second American Revolution Deserves as Much Attention as the First
The first revolution articulated American ideals. The second enacted them.
by
Gregory P. Downs
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Made By History
on
July 19, 2017
The Incredible Lost History of How “Civil Rights Plus Full Employment Equals Freedom”
Why the policies of the Federal Reserve were a central focus for the civil rights movement.
by
Jon Schwarz
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The Intercept
on
July 17, 2017
History Writ Aright
What would it take for people "to know their history"? Pay attention to the silences.
by
Brendan Wolfe
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brendanwolfe.com
on
July 4, 2017
This Woman’s Name Appears on the Declaration of Independence. Why Don’t we Know Her Story?
Mary K. Goddard printed one of the most famous copies of our founding document.
by
Petula Dvorak
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Retropolis
on
July 3, 2017
Historians Uncover Slave Quarters of Sally Hemings at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello
Archaeologists have uncovered the slave quarters of Sally Hemings at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello mansion.
by
Michael Cottman
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NBC News
on
July 3, 2017
partner
The Civil Rights Act was a Victory Against Racism. But Racists Also Won.
The bill unleashed a poisonous idea: that America had defeated racism.
by
Ibram X. Kendi
via
Made By History
on
July 2, 2017
The American Revolution Revisited
A nation divided, even at birth.
via
The Economist
on
June 29, 2017
Bill O’Reilly Is America’s Best-Selling Historian
And other problems we need to solve before we can get out of this mess.
by
Andrew J. Bacevich
via
The Nation
on
June 22, 2017
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